Is this really true? Pinch me? Am I really writing here with all these other wonderful contributors? What an honor. My husband and I have been living north of San Antonio on the edge of the Hill Country for almost four years. When I arrived here I really wasn’t sure what I was going to [...]
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A bit of dabbling in South Texas
Posted in Crafty, Gardening, Handmade, Handmade Holidays, Herbs, Introductions, Knitting, REAL Holidays, Water, tagged crafts, Gardening, handmade, homemade, REAL Holidays, San Antonio, TX on November 12, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Dabbling in the Desert Southwest
Posted in Cooking, Gardening, Handmade, Introductions, Local Food, photography, Recyling, Water on November 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m elated to be joining the Not Dabbling in Normal group as a new contributor (look for me every other Saturday). I’m writing from the Southwest—a remote Texas town (population 49) where I have been homesteading on 5 acres for the past decade. In my former life I was a botanist and graphic designer. My [...]
Reader’s Question :: Drinking Water
Posted in Readers' Questions, Water on July 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Emily’s Question: I’d like to hear different folks’ approaches to clean drinking water. Filters? Hand pumps? Windmills? Rely on city water? Distillation? how are you pumping it, if applicable? Nita’s Answer: We use a hydraulic ram to pump spring water at our farm. A hydraulic ram uses water power for pumping and no electricity is [...]
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This year we celebrated our Second Annual Real Food Challenge. Challenging ourselves and our readers to eat fewer processed foods and focus on eating Real Food for the entire month of March.
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